Inner Gold Understanding Psychological Projection edition by Johnson Robert A Religion Spirituality eBooks
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Robert A. Johnson, bestselling author of He, She, We, and other psychology classics, shares a lifetime of insights and experiences in this easy-to-read book on psychological projection - seeing traits in others that are, in fact, our own. Drawing on early Christianity, medieval alchemy, depth psychology, and the myths of "The Flying Dutchman" and "The Once and Future King," he also explores the subjects of loneliness, fundamentalist religion, and the spiritual dimensions of psychology.
"The healing power of Robert's writing is palpable."
- Marion Woodman
"Robert Johnson's work always has that naked intensity that tells you you're in the psychic house of an honest man."
- Robert Bly
Inner Gold Understanding Psychological Projection edition by Johnson Robert A Religion Spirituality eBooks
Great insights on that which we project our light (and shadow) onto others and how working with that insight can transform how we approach our relationships to self and others. A bit overpriced IMO considering this is a very thin book; however, I did walk away with valuable insights I could apply to my life as well as leverage in my work with clients so it was money well-spent.Product details
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Inner Gold Understanding Psychological Projection edition by Johnson Robert A Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
This book is short and can be read in a few hours. So if you want your life to LITERALLY change in a few hours, I highly recommend this book. Robert Johnson is able to articulate something about love and fulfillment that I've never heard before. I found it empowering to read and also helped me process painful relationships and events from my past. Amen.
I have read criticisms of this book that it is very short and doesn't say very much.....I think it's one of the most profound books that I have ever read. Probaby it is the shortes - 4 chapters - but I can't think of any other book that has left me with a smile on the face when I have finished it, rather than wanting to read more. If you find it unsatisfying or short, then it's not the right moment or not the right book for you. At the right moment, this book is profound and will help you recognise your gold and help you value it and protect it.
Author Robert A. Johnson, a Jungian therapist, masterfully helps you to grasp the significance of psychological projection. And in its ability to raise your awareness of your use of projection, there is a wonderful desire that will swell within as you seek to diminish the harmful aspects of projection on a daily basis. I used this slim but potent text with a men's group that met once a month. Success came nearly effortlessly. Go for it!
Wonderful insights into why we project onto others. It's a short read, but one I'll re-read over and over so I can digest it's wisdom and make the information part of my soul.
This title book is a collection of four small essays, one of them dealing with projection. Unfortunately, the common denominator of the articles is not projection, but rather inner work and the concept of Maya or illusion. That would had been a more honest title and descriptor. If you are looking for a in-depth book on psychological projection, or a basic approach to psychological projection, this is not your book.
1/ Chapter 1 = INNER GOLD. Half memoir half simple approach to psychological projection, it is a lovely piece of writing, with a Memoir sort of tone that I love.
" We barely understand how much of what we perceive in others and the outside world are actually parts of ourselves. Please observe the energy investments you make." (p.30)
To understand what Johnson says, you need a basic understanding of what Projection and Shadow are. Johnson does not explain readers what projection is, how projection mechanisms work, why is formed, and how to do something that he insistently tells readers to do to reclaim our inner gold or to return it to somebody else. How do you do that? No answer. Most people have the level of consciousness of a thermostat, they do not know they project, even less are able to recognise that they are projecting or that others are projecting on to them, even less to do something about it, so unless Johnson gives the "recipe", there is no way to go. You expect a recipe because Johnson was an active psychoanalyst, and he must have it! The beans must have been spilled in the Garden of Eden, not sure if my Animus can get there and bring me a few.
2/ Chatper 2 = LONELINESS. This is my favourite piece. Again, there is a nostalgic feeling and Memoir approach to it. I love the way he categorises loneliness in three varieties (loneliness for the past, loneliness for the future, and loneliness for being close to God). Johnson basically says that loneliness is a state of mind and of the soul, an interior matter, if you feel lonely you have to do inner work to solve it, connect with your essence, restore your connection with your unconscious, ground yourself in the energy of the world, bear your pain and
"If you can transform your loneliness into solitude, you’re one step away from the most precious of all experiences. This is the cure for loneliness."
Did you need of Jungian psychology to learn this? If I were feeling lonely, I would love to ponder on many of the things Johnson says, but I think that would not be enough to cure my soul. Perhaps therapy?
3/ LOVE STORY. This is a very short reflection of the figure of Beatrice in Dante's Divine Comedy and life as a soul guide or psychopomp. A few pages sketching some wonderful thoughts, but, overall, superficial and uninspired.
4/ THE ONE AND FUTURE KING. This chapter is odd and intriguing at the same time. Johnson is deeply religious (and an ex-Benedictine monk) and it shows here, as this is a reflection on the meaning of the doctrine of the Second Coming of the Christ from a non-literal and archetypal point of view. Even if you are not religious, you will enjoy his approach.I think some of the things he says are beautiful and spiritually soothing, and his reflection on literalism is brilliant
"Literalism knows no end, and literalism is the death of insight. But that sublime archetypal structure is always available in its true, interior way, for anyone who chooses to touch it and is capable of touching it. Sometimes the point of contact becomes accessible only in our deepest, darkest moments. (....) Speech is literal and rational and cannot easily contain the depths of the mystery. For that we need symbols and symbolic language. (...) We can discover within ourselves the capacity to sustain both the presence of the divine and the holiness of daily life. The two are, in fact, one." (pp. 75-76)
Johnson speaks of God often, so if you are an atheist or agnostic you have to decide what God means to you. I thought that he connects well with some of the teachings of the New Thought Church.
ON THIS HARPER-COLLINS E-BOOK EDITION
It is a shame selling a 92-page "book" at 9 bucks and then finding that the editor did not see obvious mistakes
> Typos
P. 39, in a heading, not tet, (instead of not yet?)
P. 47. Lonlinessdriveus
P. 48 andthe trials
p. 56 solider (instead of soldier)
p. 72 in the heading, the Church and the Muss (instead of Mass?)
> One of the links at the resources page does not work, and another leads to a general page not a specific one on Johnson.That is easy to fix in the e-book edition, but it has not been done.
> I find the title misleading on purpose, for marketing purposes, as the book has 4 chapters (they are not chapters they are short essays, mind you) and just one of them deals with projection, and the book does not make you understand what projection is.
> If the book had been edited for content, Johnson would have given us more of his wisdom and the book would have been better.
This book is for the person who is looking for a positive understanding of projections, not for the person who is looking for pathology. It is easy to understand and has a premise that makes a lot of sense. It helped me to gain an understanding of how projections work and how they can teach you a lot about yourself and your own "inner gold". In looking at my past projections, I realized that the good qualities I was projecting on someone else were, in reality, my own inner traits. It is similar to the "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear". Too much is written about projections that deals with the negative consequences of projections and the pathology of the person doing the projecting. Excellent book.
Maggie
If you want to understand what projection is, this book is not going to help you much.
If you want a few nice essays to read on psychological matters, this might be a book for you.
It's pretty short, I read it in one day.
Great insights on that which we project our light (and shadow) onto others and how working with that insight can transform how we approach our relationships to self and others. A bit overpriced IMO considering this is a very thin book; however, I did walk away with valuable insights I could apply to my life as well as leverage in my work with clients so it was money well-spent.
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